Fence-post



R. S. CASE. FENCE POST.

(No Model.)

Patented 0011.15, 1889..

Wifgesscs UMTED rarns ROLLIN S. CASE, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

FENCE-POST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 413,025, dated October 15, 1889.

Application filed May 31, 1889. Serial No. 312,700. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROLLIN S. CASE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Fence- Post, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in fence-posts; and it consists in certain novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved fence-post, and Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the parts disconnected. Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the base of the post.

In carrying out my invention I employ a single wire A, which is doubled on itself, as shown at B, to form the upper end of the post, and the branches of the wire are then carried downward in slightly-diverged lines to form the front and rear sides 0 D, respectively, of the post, and the lower ends of the wire are then bent toward and carried past each other and then upward alongside the front and rear sides of the post, as shown most clearly in Fig. 1. The base E may be of any desired form or material, and the lower ends F of the wire are passed through the upper end of the base, after which they are wrapped around the front and rear sides 0 D of the post. In order to give additional strength to the post and form amore secure fastening, I employ a tie-wire G, which is inserted through the base and has its ends wrapped around the front and rear sides of the post. At proper points along its length the front side of the post is bent inward, forming the loops or hangers II, and the fence wires or rails are inserted through and supported by these loops or hangers. The said loops may then be compressed around the fence wires or rails and the said fence wires or rails thereby secured in place. In order to further secure the fencewires and also to ire-enforce and brace the post, I provide the brace-wires I, which are passed around the front and rear sides of the post and around the loop orhanger, as clearly shown.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have provided a very cheap and simple fence-post, which will be very durable and will not be liable to be blow-n down, as it presents but a very slight surface to the action of the wind.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pattent, is

l. A fence-post constructed of a single piece of wire having its ends carried past each other and then wrapped around the adjacent portion of the wire, as set forth.

2. A fence-post consisting of a single piece of wire doubled on itself and having its ends carried past each other and wrapped around the adjacent portions of the wire, and the tiewire also wrapped around the lower portion of the body of the post, as set forth.

The improved fence post herein described and shown, consisting of a single wire doubled on itself and having its front portion provided with a series of loops or hangers, and having its ends carried past each other and then wrapped around the adjacent portions of the wire the tie-wire having its ends wrapped around the main portion of the post, and the brace-wires connecting the front and rear sides of the post, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROLLIN S. CASE. \Vitnesses:

GIDEON S. CASE, CHARLES J. WILLETT. 

